Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[earl]

Laurie has been exceptionally safe under the high ball bar that one game. I can accept it as a consequence of his injury and regaining confidence. I rate Laurie very highly and he will return to form.

I can accept that he may be lacking form as a consequence of coming back from injury but I'm not convinced he is the guy we need at fullback.

He was good last year but miles off the top fullbacks in the comp. How many spine players can we have who are miles off the top players in their positions and expect to make the finals let alone win the comp.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

I can accept that he may be lacking form as a consequence of coming back from injury but I'm not convinced he is the guy we need at fullback.

He was good last year but miles off the top fullbacks in the comp. How many spine players can we have who are miles off the top players in their positions and expect to make the finals let alone win the comp.

He looked every bit an exceptionally good fullback last year. We need to make one change to re-launch WTs and it is off-field.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

correct, too many people on this forum have the attention span of 5 femto seconds. Laurie was arguably between 2-3 of our best last year!

Kind of being the king of a turd hill

 

[Odessa]

As Laurie’s biggest critic, that is an impossible claim to make at this point as Dillon has not played a minute of first grade

He has been at the Tiger's two maybe three years ?

 

[sparci]

correct, too many people on this forum have the attention span of 5 femto seconds. Laurie was arguably between 2-3 of our best last year!

He was our best last year, no question about it. And even if that doesn't mean much given the standard of the squad, if he maintained that form it atleast makes him and that position a much lesser worry, compared to the halves for example. Unfortunately, whilst never being the quickest player he definitely had a bit of zip which he seems to have completely lost this season Im assuming as a result of that injury.

 

[earl]

He looked every bit an exceptionally good fullback last year. We need to make one change to re-launch WTs and it is off-field.

That is the thing. He was great but he was far from good enough. How far off Papz is he ? How far off Latrell, Tedesco or Tommy T ? What about Ponga ? What about Reece Walsh ?

I think he is a bottom level fullback. Admittedly there are so many great fullbacks. I reckon you could pick the top 5 fullbacks and they could be the top 5 players in the comp.

I don't know about the coach. I think the coach has to change things around otherwise he has to go but I'd give him until the end of his contract. Changing the coach hasn't worked in the past.

 

[Alex Seyfarth's #1 Fan]

Laurie hasn't been good this season, but he can comeback. People forget how good his defence was last year. Stopped so many opposition line breaks from being converted into tries. Even this season he has made a number of tackles on our own goal line to stop tries. He's still a good player, just needs to find form.

 

[InBenjiWeTrust]

He was our best last year, no question about it. And even if that doesn't mean much given the standard of the squad, if he maintained that form it atleast makes him and that position a much lesser worry, compared to the halves for example. Unfortunately, whilst never being the quickest player he definitely had a bit of zip which he seems to have completely lost this season Im assuming as a result of that injury.

He was better than other Penrith's FBs we could be interesting in: Edwards, Staines, or Burton!

 

[weststigerman]

He was better than other Penrith's FBs we could be interesting in: Edwards, Staines, or Burton!

Edwards is well in front of Laurie on this years' form.

 

[Demps]

I get you're a fan, he has potential that could manifest into something (which is a big could) but to say he looks way better than Laurie that's ridiculous.

He was demoted from NSW Cup 2 weeks ago. Let's be real on our prospects. Dillon is a mile off unless our injury crisis gets a bucket load worse.

So far this year Dillon hasn't looked close and Laurie has a large gap to all our other fullback candidates (which is really no one) atm which says alot about our squad currently even with his bad form.

I deal with a fan base who thinks Luke Brooks is a gun...

😂🫂🤦‍♂️

Happy to stand by my comments.
Logan Dillon is a better fullback than Laurie.

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

He’s been testing it for ages

Madden has only been testing it for the 4 years he has been here and the 7 games of nrl he has played
let him test it

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

That is the thing. He was great but he was far from good enough. How far off Papz is he ? How far off Latrell, Tedesco or Tommy T ? What about Ponga ? What about Reece Walsh ?

I think he is a bottom level fullback. Admittedly there are so many great fullbacks. I reckon you could pick the top 5 fullbacks and they could be the top 5 players in the comp.

I don't know about the coach. I think the coach has to change things around otherwise he has to go but I'd give him until the end of his contract. Changing the coach hasn't worked in the past.

bottom 6 fullback in the comp Laurie
we bought a dud, they new they had guys like tago and May in the backs coming through
we got sold a lemon that once injured conked out and his head is not in the game
we should have gone after Walsh again

 

[GNR4LIFE]

bottom 6 fullback in the comp Laurie
we bought a dud, they new they had guys like tago and May in the backs coming through
we got sold a lemon that once injured conked out and his head is not in the game
we should have gone after Walsh again

Bottom 6 is being generous. More like bottom 3.

 

[batboy]

Bottom 6 is being generous. More like bottom 3.

You're both kidding....
There's teams that have more than 2 Fullbacks that would blow him off the park.
Titans have 3!! - And they're a mid comp team.

 

[sparci]

He was better than other Penrith's FBs we could be interesting in: Edwards, Staines, or Burton!

yeah i mean burtons proving pretty average, staines is a dud, and edwards is mid range

 

[GNR4LIFE]

yeah i mean burtons proving pretty average, staines is a dud, and edwards is mid range

And Luai is puss without Cleary

 

[sparci]

And Luai is puss without Cleary

I wasn't defending Luai :O ? Whered he come from

 

[GNR4LIFE]

I wasn't defending Luai :O ? Whered he come from

Didn’t say you were

 

[Demps]

Luai is a cat.

Getting carried through to origin cos he's Nates right hand.

 

[Newtown]

Bottom 6 is being generous. More like bottom 3.

Coach Cleary sold us a near dud for his own for coach Cleary's own benefit. As usual Wests tigers took the bait. Blore who has not played many games in his time with Wests tigers had a serious injury when offered to Wests Tigers took the bait. again Cleary came out on top of the club (WT) he had earlier coached.